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"My Strat is a cherry sunburst 1994 MIJ Foto Flame." Ron "Oily" Sprague replied Oct 23, 2013 to Are Squier guitars any good?	29	Oct 25, 2013 Reply by Patrick Curley
"Start with a one string diddley bow or canjo, and work up from there. They don't get…" Ron "Oily" Sprague replied Oct 22, 2013 to Which is the easist CBG to learn to play.	17	Oct 24, 2013 Reply by Ron "Oily" Sprague
"I've been toying with the idea of making a git with one of those large book boxes th…" Ron "Oily" Sprague replied Oct 22, 2013 to What are some of the craziest things you've seen CBGs and Guitars made out of?	36	Oct 30, 2013 Reply by Robert Phillips
"Marcus, You'll be fine. With a 7 piece laminate, turned vertical, you don't have to…" Ron "Oily" Sprague replied Oct 18, 2013 to scarfing without power tools	27	Aug 8, 2015 Reply by Graeme L
"There's a song title in this somewhere...hmmm... My Polyurethane Turned White, Whic…" Ron "Oily" Sprague replied Oct 18, 2013 to My Polyurethane Turned White....	5	Oct 21, 2013 Reply by William McCauley
"As everyone else has said, the Squier Strat is Fender's low end model. They can be h…" Ron "Oily" Sprague replied Oct 18, 2013 to Are Squier guitars any good?	29	Oct 25, 2013 Reply by Patrick Curley
"Putting the tuner on backwards will work. For awhile. But it will tend to go out of…" Ron "Oily" Sprague replied Oct 18, 2013 to tuner placement	4	Oct 18, 2013 Reply by the anonymous pick
"Then it's something else ;-). Only other thing I can think of is a bad vol pot, like…" Ron "Oily" Sprague replied Oct 16, 2013 to Another Wiring Problem ? .	14	Oct 18, 2013 Reply by The Capo Kid
"Here ya go: pics of bc's Vengeance build: http://www.cigarboxnation.com/photo/venge…" Ron "Oily" Sprague replied Oct 16, 2013 to Ulturnative Resonators, Need your help please.	11	Oct 18, 2013 Reply by Uncle John
"No worries. I used the Search. ;-)" Ron "Oily" Sprague replied Oct 16, 2013 to Ulturnative Resonators, Need your help please.	11	Oct 18, 2013 Reply by Uncle John

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Ron "Oily" Sprague's Discussions (3,185)

"My Strat is a cherry sunburst 1994 MIJ Foto Flame."

"Start with a one string diddley bow or canjo, and work up from there. They don't get…"

"I've been toying with the idea of making a git with one of those large book boxes th…"

"Marcus, You'll be fine. With a 7 piece laminate, turned vertical, you don't have to…"

"There's a song title in this somewhere...hmmm... My Polyurethane Turned White, Whic…"

"As everyone else has said, the Squier Strat is Fender's low end model. They can be h…"

"Putting the tuner on backwards will work. For awhile. But it will tend to go out of…"

"Then it's something else ;-). Only other thing I can think of is a bad vol pot, like…"

"Here ya go: pics of bc's Vengeance build: http://www.cigarboxnation.com/photo/venge…"

"No worries. I used the Search. ;-)"

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